[Coco] Modern Coco Keyboard Replacements

[Steve Batson]

Mark,

I don't think Al or anyone is doubting what these companies are charging, he's just saying you can't simply add a percentage for inflation to get he actual value today. For the most part, electronics have gone down in price while increasing to capability over the years.

In reality, it shouldn't be $200 for a CoCo keyboard but these custom houses are going to get as much as they can. If the perceived value of a CoCo 2 for example is $50 max, why in the world would someone want to pay $200 for a keyboard?



On Aug 28, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:

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>> On Aug 28, 2015, at 16:59, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net> wrote:
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>> You can’t just take the price of a keyboard from the mid 1980’s and apply inflation to the price and say that a modern keyboard replacement should cost $200.00. Keyboard prices have come down incredibly in 30 years. We can piggyback on the incredible number of keyboards sold in other markets.
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>> A Coco keyboard is pretty simple, it shouldn’t be very expensive.
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> 
> Ok, why don't you do me a favor by calling up Cherry and WASD, and ask them to lower their prices.
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